The Importance Of Food Insecurity

Food insecurity occurs “when there is uncertainty about future food availability and access, insufficiency in the amount and kind of food required for a healthy lifestyle, or the need to use socially unacceptable ways to acquire food” because of resource or physical constraintxvii. Food security for homeless is dependent on a) the affordability and availability of grains as well as cooked food b) its quantity and c) regularity and level of income. The combination of these three defines food security.
To the question on food intake 85% of total sample reported that they were able to have three meals a day. 13% also reported having four meals a day. In these three meals maximum numbers have rice and dal followed by roti and dal. Though rice,